May 4
INDIA:
Rajya Sabha passes Anti-Hijacking Bill
Rajya Sabha today passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014, which provides for
death penalty even if ground handling staff and airport personnel are killed
during such acts.
In the earlier Bill, hijackers could be tried for death pena
May 4
CALIFORNIA:
THE EXECUTIONER'S TALE: Former San Quentin warden reveals how he killed
prisoners in the jail's 'coughing box' without any training . . . or remorse
Dan Vasquez performed 2 executions while warden at San Quentin
Without any experience or medical training, Dan Va
May 4
INDONESIA:
Indonesia is preparing to execute prisoners, police official confirms
Spokesman says firing squad has been in training, risking backlash from foreign
governments with citizens on death row
Indonesia is preparing to execute several prisoners, a police official h
May 4
JAMAICA:
An eye for an eye?
The majority of nations that execute citizens do so based upon the premise that
death is the most powerful deterrent, deserved retribution, and that no mercy
should be shown to the merciless. It is against this background that advocates
of capital pun
May 4
COLORADO:
Father Of Man Accused Of Killing Stepmom Wants Death Penalty For Son
The stepson of a well-known veterinarian on Colorado's Eastern Plains, and
another man, are accused in her murder and appeared in court on Tuesday.
The crime has left the families and the small town
May 4
FLORIDA:
Legal Luminaries Join Amici in Death Sentence Case
With 2 days to go until the Florida Supreme Court hears arguments in Hurst v.
Florida, a coalition of legal luminaries is weighing in to urge the justices to
turn all pre-Hurst death sentences into life sentences.
The
